MESA Products Inc.
Tulsa, has appointed Charles L. Hall as director, business development. He will be responsible for business development for the construction, engineering, technical services, and materials groups. Hall has more than 30 years experience in the pipeline industry at both operator and service company levels. He is active in the corrosion community, serving on several NACE technical committees. In addition, MESA has named Marty Fourkiller manager of technical service for MESA Corrosion in the North Texas area. In 2007, he became district manager of the newly opened MESA Dallas-Fort Worth office. Fourkiller has an associate’s degree in drafting and design from Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee and was employed as a corrosion technician in the oil and gas industry through 1989 before developing his own business as a independent-contractor corrosion technician in 1990. He joined MESA Products in 2004. Fourkiller, a member of NACE International since 1984, also serves as secretary for the Dallas-Forth Worth NACE section.
MESA Products provides engineering, installation, and materials for cathodic protection systems for a wide variety of applications in the oil and gas industry.
Industrial Scientific Corp.
Pittsburgh, has elected Justin McElhattan to the newly created position of president and COO. He will be responsible for integrating and growing the corporation’s worldwide gas monitoring business. Since joining Industrial Scientific in 1998, McElhattan has served as North America sales manager, general manager of service operations, director of global operations, vice-president of operations, and president of Industrial Scientific Americas. He holds a BS from Penn State University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Industrial Scientific provides gas detection and monitoring equipment worldwide.
Paradigm BV
Amsterdam, has appointed James Lamb as U.S. regional vice-president and Serge Sauvagnac as vice-president, business development-premier partners. Previously, Lamb was vice-president of business development leading the premium partners program and regional vice-president of Paradigm’s Canada region. He holds a BS in geophysics from the University of Canada and has more than 16 years of experience in the E&P industry. Sauvagnac previously was global account manager and country manager of Paradigm Indonesia. With more than 17 years of experience in E&P global account management, he has a BS in computer science and a master’s in hydrogeology from the Paris School of Mines
Paradigm provides enterprise software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production industry.
Knight
Lafayette, La., has appointed Gaylen Ramm corporate sales representative focused on fishing services and rental tools. He will be based in Knight’s Houston office and represent the sales force throughout the Houston area. Previously, Ramm worked in corporate sales for Key Energy Services. He has undergraduate and master’s degrees from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Knight’s operating units include Knight Oil Tools, Knight Fishing Services, Knight Well Services, and Knight Manufacturing. The company is the largest privately held rental tool business in the oil and gas industry.
Expro International Group PLC
Reading, UK, has signed a letter of intent with Aker Oilfield Services Ltd., Oslo, to jointly market Expro’s proprietary AX-S rigless intervention technology together with Aker’s fleet of well intervention vessels. The goal would be to develop a global alliance to procure the two firms’ combined capabilities in a seamless, integrated manner. Aker is investing in a fleet of state-of-the-art subsea intervention vessels due for delivery beginning in 2009.
Expro is a market leader in well flow management services and products. Aker Oilfield Services offers fully integrated subsea and well intervention services from its fleet of monohull well intervention units.
SulphCo Inc.
Houston, has appointed M. Clay Chambers COO. He has more than 35 years experience in the refining and petrochemical industry, having worked for UOP Inc., Coastal Corp., El Paso Corp., and Texas City Refining. Chambers has a degree in chemical and petroleum refining engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the University of Houston.
SulphCo provides a process employing ultrasound technology to desulfurize and hydrogenate crude oil and other oil products, thereby helping to upgrade sour, heavy crude oils into sweeter, lighter crude oils.
InterMoor Inc.
Houston, has named Harry Urech business development manager. He will be responsible for developing and implementing the company’s business plans for current and new lines of business, including expanding InterMoor’s service offerings. Previously Urech was offshore sales manager for Samson Ropes and was vice-president of sales and marketing for Franklin Offshore Americas.
Meantime, InterMoor has earned two Safe Work Recognition awards for safe practices and no incidents or lost time while performing mooring and anchoring operations on the Transocean Marianas semisubmersible drilling rig in the ultradeepwater US Gulf of Mexico. To date the 243-day work phase has involved 10 InterMoor crews and a total of 99 men, performing mooring installation, hookup, disconnect, and recovery without incidenthelping InterMoor to reach an unprecedented 5 years without a lost-time incident.
InterMoor, an Acteon company, is a leading supplier of mooring technology, providing innovative solutions for rig moves and mooring services, including engineering and design, fabrication, and subsea installation.